# Giles Bourne

> Giles Bourne is a seed investor at Scalare Partners (Sydney) backing Retail and Travel. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Scalare Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scalare-partners)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilesbourne/

Giles Bourne is a seed investor at Scalare Partners in Sydney focused on Retail and Travel. Giles Bourne is the Co-Founder at Scalare Partners. Giles Bourne attended Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |
| Shopping | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Circadian Health Innovations | Circadian Health Innovations is a medical technology company pioneering in healthier light consumption |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Loyalty Republic | Loyalty Republic is a platform that offers rewards to customers for making purchases at partner businesses. They offer a direct earn rewards program open to debit card holders and businesses of all sizes that offers the opportunity to purchase products and gift cards, access discounted brands, redeem points, and earn bonus points by integratingwith PayPal for payments, enabling businesses and customers to engage with reward and incentive programs. |  | Seed | May 25, 2022 |  |
| FreeGuides | FreeGuides allows people to monetise their local knowledge by creating self-guided travel itineraries. | $360K | Seed | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| FreeGuides | FreeGuides allows people to monetise their local knowledge by creating self-guided travel itineraries. |  | Seed | Dec 07, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [little fish Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/little-fish-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Scalare Partners

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

Scalare Partners is a collaborative network that connects exceptional founders, advisors and investors.

5 contacts available at Scalare Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Giles Bourne | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giles-bourne-1e9e |
| Carolyn Breeze | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-breeze |
| James Walker | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-walker-e474 |
| Jenny Li | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenny-li-5 |
| Nick Roberts | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-roberts-5 |

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## FAQ

### What does Giles Bourne invest in?

Giles Bourne invests primarily in Retail, Travel and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Giles Bourne last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Giles Bourne closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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